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Orlando's newest Waterpark opened this week, Island H2O Live!. It is located just south of Walt Disney World and is part of the $750 million dollar Margaritaville Orlando entertainment district. The park uses a wristband technology along with an phone app to bring a more interactive experience to the park. (We explain how this works in the video.) They have a great selection of rides, is nicely themed and is priced below all the other waterparks in the region. It also has a lot of land for expansion next too it.

SeaWorld Orlando just release their new teaser trailer for their 2020 coaster. Rumors are that this will be a Premier multi launch coaster with a vertical spike, a top hat element and will have an arctic themed. Mango Joes restaurant will be rethemed as well and it will tie in with the Wild Arctic ride and animal habitats. It appears the ride will have a Peregrine falcon name/theme, which is the fast bird in the world and breeds in the arctic as well.

Here is the placement for the Mario Kart ride in Universal Studios Hollywood. The building will be two stories, with the entire ride on the lower level & queue on upper. Half of track layout can already kinda be seen. No word yet on rest of land.

Source: https://twitter.com/AliciaStella/status/1127396086493143040

Legoland Windsor Resort have today been granted planning permission for their Long Term Development Plan, paving the way for eight projects at the Resort.

The approved plans will see a total of eight projects undertaken at the Resort. One of these, the Haunted House, has already been completed with the attraction having gained permission via a separate planning application submitted in March 2018. The remaining seven projects include plans for three ‘attraction zones’ which will feature a new indoor attraction – referred to in some documents as a potential rollercoaster, and two fairground style rides. With Legoland Resort Florida recently opening Lego Movie World, could these ‘attractions zones’ indicate where Windsor’s LEGO Movie World will be located?

‘The Beginning’ area of the Resort will receive a major refresh under the plans, including a 10m high, LEGOLAND Windsor entrance portal, and an extension to the ticket sales and collections building and the guest toilets. The Big Shop will also receive an expansion. The largest development will include both lodge accommodation and ‘Lego Barrels’, similar to those seen in Legoland Deutschland, with a building housing a reception area, restaurant, shop, and entertainment facilities for the new accommodation. A number of infrastructure projects also feature, with a reconfiguration of the car parks, and a change of use for the St Leonards Farm to be used for back of house facilities.

Source: https://www.southparks.co.uk/2019/04/10/legoland-windsor-resort-long-term-plan-given-go-ahead/

The construction of Plopsaqua Hannut-Landen , Plopsa's second water park , has just started in Hannut. This happened in the presence of the Mayor of Hannut, Emmanuel Douette , the Mayor of Landen, Gino Debroux , CEO of Plopsa , Steve Van den Kerkhof , of Bumba and Maya the Bee. Construction will officially begin on Monday, May 13 and take 18 months. The cost of the investment is 25 million euros.

In addition to an eight-lane 25-meter pool and a four-lane instructional pool that will accommodate the large number of schools and groups expected, there will also be a large recreational area with three spectacular water slides, including the 19 meter high Sky Drop , a wave pool, a wild river, a play house, a Jacuzzi, an outdoor pool, sunbathing and a sauna.

Source: http://starparc.be/2019/05/maya-et-bumba-commencent-la-construction-de-plopsaqua-hannut-landen.html?fbclid=IwAR1Y0ZqQDfLoLxvSycObmRYXOfO_BCj9WFQl3J5WBxmTY9C9Yn7wwwdnxhQ

The Kansai Economic Association, which advises the 2025 Osaka World Expo, has stated that it will build a theme park as a base for international entertainment facilities after the World Expo.

https://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/news/190420/20190420038.html

update to the Pixar pals parking Structure

Update to the construction of the new Pixar Pale parking structure

Updates on project stardust at Disneyland park during spring break (you can see some fun crowds)

Just as Universal Orlando is wrapping up construction of the new Hagrid's coaster another coaster's construction is beginning for the Jurassic area of Islands of Adventure. (Note I miss labeled footers on the video. Its just utility underground infrastructure.) This new coaster will be a multi launch with inversions and maybe be ready to open in 2020.